History Neumünster–Bad Oldesloe railway

bad segeberg station



bad oldesloe station

the line opened on 10 december 1875 altona-kiel railway company (altona-kieler eisenbahn-gesellschaft, ake). in 1884, railway company nationalised. until 1945, line considered extension of hagenow land–bad oldesloe railway in mecklenburg. kilometre stones of route still stand on track (the 0 stone in neumünster). track given route number 1043 beginning in neumünster (at km 74.376) , ending in bad oldesloe (km 119.886).

the line had strategic importance possible trains run on route neumünster hamburg via bad segeberg. used freight transport. late 1950s 1970s express service ran on flensburg–neumünster–bad oldesloe–hamburg ran route in morning.

passenger traffic on neumünster–bad segeberg section closed on 29 september 1984. part of line continued used freight , whole line kept operational. freight operations abandoned between kleinkummerfeld , rickling on 25 september 1988 , between neumünster , kleinkummerfeld on 30 may 1990. federal transport ministry had not approved abandonment of passenger traffic on rest of route requested deutsche bundesbahn, passenger services on remaining section bad segeberg bad oldesloe operated hourly summer 1989 timetable. deutsche bundesbahn operated class 628 diesel multiple units. in december 2002, disused section reactivated passengers after numerous delays. existing kleinkummerfeld station not put operation until 1984. rickling-Ölweiche station had been abandoned @ time of cessation of services between neumünster , bad segeberg in 1984 , had not been maintained several years before that. neumünster süd akn station , wahlstedt station have been served since reactivation of line.